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Environment & Sustainability

Resilient Las Vegas?

Las Vegas has often been viewed as an urbanist’s nightmare, a sprawling offence to nature. From a population of just 16,000 in 1940, it...

High Speed Rail: The Right Kind of Infrastructure Investment

This weekend I took a trip on the Empire Builder train to Leavenworth, Washington to see the Christmas lighting ceremony the Bavarian-themed town performs...

Sunday Video: Washington Is Awesome

This two-minute video is a reminder why Washington is awesome and why we ought to preserve our natural environments. https://youtu.be/ZtoA0PipA10

ST3 Passed! Here’s How and What’s Next

A 25-year investment in high quality transit is a big commitment to make, but the Puget Sound Region just made it after last night's...

ST3 Is Greener Than You Think

A lot of ink has been spilled about Sound Transit's prediction that ST3 would decrease carbon emissions by "only" an additional 130,000 metric tons...

More Support For Removing I-5 Downtown

When I published an argument for removing I-5 from central Seattle on Monday, I hoped it would start a conversation, and it does seem...

Don’t Buy The Climate Argument Against ST3

This post has been updated to reflect that Alan Durning retracted the comments on his personal blog regarding Sound Transit Regional Proposition 1 (aka...

How To Talk To Your NIMBY Parents

Sitting around my Thanksgiving dinner table always leads to some tense moments. In growing cities across the country this year, many people will be discussing...